Shade.



G. A. WALKER.,

SHADE.

APPLIGATION IILED 00T. 25, 1911.

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l"To all whomt may lconcern: Be' it known that lI, GEORGE A. WALKER,

A STAT-Es TENT OFFICE..I

GEORGE A. WALKER, or OAK PARK, ILLINoIs, AssIGNonmo THE o'Ax rAnx:rnUs'r .e SAVINGS BANK, TRUSTEE, or oAK PARK. ILLINoIs, AV ConronA'rIoNoF ILLINOIS.V

SHADE..

Application led October 25, 1911.' Serial No. 656,655.

a'citizen of the United States, residing at 'Oak Park,- in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new' and usefullImprovements in Shades, of which 'the followmg'is a specification.

l AThis invention 'relates to' shades, curtains. and the like, andparticularly to devices of 10' this class which are intended to be usedupon porches and in similar locations.

y -provide means for pre\fenting;or;minimiz lng movement of the shade bythe wind, and

' One of the objects of thefinvention is to particularlv to provide suchmeans as' a part of the shade, the shade and its restraining,

means forming a complete and unitary arti? j cle 'of manufacture.

' Another object is to provide shade-re' straining I'neans which shallnot subject the body of the shade 4to stress.A n'

Afurther'object'of they lnventionis to provide means 'for binding: thelower 'edges l of shades or curtains. 25

"In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1'" is. a Iview showing a porchshade in edge elevation 'and in operative relation t-o .a porchorVopening to be screened. Fig. 2 1s I 5 is a' ragmental view of analternative con#I v struction. I

a ortionfa porch'roof 'or' structure, and" 'b a' part :of theIrailingvor 'lower portion of' The bod' of which t e pairsbf cords 1'constitute the warp Iand' thefsplints 2 form the weft or' f' filling.jT he upper end of the shade`isre- 1 'finforced'wby 'suitable meansl'such 'asf'v two strips 'ofwoo'd or' other Suitable material placedat'oppsitel's'ides of the upper end` ,of the body. 4of Vtheshade,and"se'c`ured together by nails 4;, 'or any 'otherdesired" means.Commonly 'the shade 'is se'cuned'in` '2 place .byfserefws .5 passingthrou h the rein# forced upper edge of thefsha' e into the member a, butit will be understood' that any www.

In the 'drawings',.a maybe vassumed to be 'f the shade consists'of afabric purpose. The lower edge lof the shade isV strengthened'bysecuring one or' more strips 6 to the bottom 'splint of the shade andse` l'255 curing said strips by means of nails 7 or any other preferremeans` Herein I have shown two Such strips, one at -each 'sideof thebottom'splint.'- In order 'to bind. the strips 6 securely to the shade,the lower ends 450 of the pairsof warp cords l are. turned back andcaused .to encircle the strengthenin strip or strips 6 and the lowersplint '2, an I the'ends of the cords tied or` otherwise suit'-A f ablyunited.` (See Fig. 4). 65'l In order to prevent the shade' from fla pingin the wind,- I providea cord 8, or its equivalent, loosely attached atintervals' to the body of the'shade, the lower end of said cord beingattached to the porch or some 'I0 other suitablefxed point, saidcordbeing i placed under suiiicient tension so asl Ato prevent or minimizeVswaying of the curtain'in i the breeze. If desired, a cord S may bepr'0' vided ateach side of the shade, and-herein 75 I have shown, by Wayof example', two' such cords, one at each side othe curtain,A in orderthat the shad'emay'be held -inplace' whether the wind-isfrom one side'or Vthe other of the shade. The lower ends of said 80 cords, as herein'shown, are .inte rally connected together, the 'uppe'ends' ing suitablyunited 'as by' a knot 9, (Fig. 1)."The' c'ords'8 constitute a' closed"loop. Tli'eloop" vmay belconnectedtothe. upper endv'of the 85 shade in.4a suitable manner, as by'fbeing' 'passed through anopening therein; orif desired, the loop forniediby the cords 8f' may be passedovertheupperv edgev of they shade,

as shown in Fig. 5,'instead 'of through -said 90 edge'At intervals' thecords 8 are connected together and to the sh'ade b meansof loops 1 0 ofcord or 'other' Isuita le 5 'material'A inclosing the cords 8 and a pairof the warp cords 1. vThe loops l0 are l'ooseenough 'to 95. permit ofmanually pushing the'shade. up between the two cords-.8,the shadebuckling vat the' points of connection betweenl the 'splints when thuspushed up betweenthe cords. The'functions ofthe loops IO'aret-o 100prevent the cords 8 from getti-ng out of place with'relation to theshade when 'fthe latter isbeing rolledV np,'an d' to prevent-the shade"from getting' out of-control of 'the cords 8 in a high wind. When thecords 8 shade.-

are provided at only one side of the shade, the loo s 10l serve to holdthe shade in place whent e wind is from the side 'at which thecompensate for variationsy in the length of2 the cords, the connectionbetween the cords `and the fixed point of attachment is preferably madeyielding, as, for example, byintcrposing a' -cfoiled spring 11 betweenthe cords 8 and said point of attachment. Herein I have shown a securingdevice 12 and a cord 13 extending between said device and the cords 8.The c'oiledvspring is secured at v shown two such devices.

its ends to the cord 13, suicient slackv being provided. in said cordbetween the points of attachment of the spring to permit the'plat.- terto4 be extended to a predetermined degree. It will' be apparent thatwhen a hook, such as 12, is used, the tension upon the cords 8' and 13and the spring 11 prevents the cord 13 from slipping-off' the hook. Therestraining means being releasably attached to the porch, said means maybe released when desired andthe sh'ade rolled up, Athe restraining meansrolling up with the shade.

'Any suitablel number of restraining devices may be applied to theshade. Herein I have Itwill Abe seen that when the shade is subjected towind pressure the shade will be .eonned-jbetween, and its movementrestrained by, the cords 8, the noise and the wear upon the'curt'aincaused by flapping and shaking being thus obviated. 'The springs 11yield to considerable wind ressure, to the extent permitted by the cor s13.

In the present embodiment, wind-pressure does not cause tension upon theshade, since the lower edge of the shade is not rigidly held inposition, nor are the cords 8 ri idly attached to the lower edge ortothe ody of the shade.

I claim as my invention:

1. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade having restraining cordslobsely connected to the body of the .shade and extending below andunconnected to the. lower edge of the shade and below the shade.

2. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade, a restraining cordattached to said shade and extending longitudinally thereof andattaching means at the lower end of sal cord.

3. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade having two restrainingcords extendin at opposite sides of the shade, said cords I,` `bc1ngattached to the upper end ofthe shade and extending below the lower endof the shade.

4. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade ,having restraining cordsloosely `con nccted to the body of the shade and unconnected tothe loweredge of the shade, and spring means attached to the lower -ends of saidcords. 4

5. As an articleof manufacture, a porch shade having a reinforced upperedge, an

elongated closed loop of flexible material.

connected to said upper edge and lencircling the body' of the shade, andmeans connecting' the shade and the loop at' intervals in the length o fthe shadebelow the shade.

6. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade having a reinforced upperedge, an

'elongated closed loop of flexible material connected' to said upperedge and encircling the body of the shade, and loops loosely encirclingthe sides of the first mentioned loop and located at Vintervals in thelength of the shade'.

7. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade consisting of transversesplints and warp cords, two restraining cords attached at their upperends .to'the upper end of the shade and extending longitudinally of theshade at opposite sides thereof to and past thejlower edge of the shade,and means connecting the restraining cords and the warp cordsintermediate the ends of theshade.

8. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade consisting of transverse-splints and warp cords, two restraining cords attached 'at their upperends to the upper 'end of the shade and-extending longitudinally of theshade at opposite sides thereof to and past the lower edge of the shade,and a loop loosely encircling the restraining cords and a warp cord at apoint intermediate the ends of the shade.

9. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade comprising transversewooden splints and a pair of warp' cords the lower end portions of saidcords being turned back 'and one of said end portions being passedthrough the space between the lower two splints, and said end portionsbeing united.

10. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade comprising transversesplints'and a pair of warp cords, and a strengthening -strip attached toone side of the lowermost splint, thelower end portions of said cordsbeing turned back to embrace the lowest splint and said strengtheningstrip, one of said end portions being passed through the shade and saidend portions being united.

' 11. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade consisting oftransverse splints and warp cords, and rest-raining cords attached tothe upper end of the shade and extending alongside theshade to a pointbelow the lower edge of the shade.

12.l As an-article of manufacture, a porch and extending longitu inallyof they shnde,

sheds eonsi'stng 'of trpnsverse splints `and In testimon, `whereof I mysigmtun warp eordfnl n restramlng cord attached at in presence o two t vlts'upperend to the up r end of'the shade GEORGE WALKER -andmeaxisconnectmg the restraining lcord Witnesses: and the warp cordsintermediate the ends of N. HL Fm, lthe shade.V

Corrections In Lettes lat'ent Ne. 411,053,254. i

t is hereby certified that in Letters Patent' No. 1,053,294, grantedFebruary 18, `19,13,upm-the application of George A. walker, ofoak-Park, lui'nois, fof u; improyement in Shades, errors appear inthevprinted specification tion'as` followsi Page 2, line 56, 'strike ontthewkorde and below the `shalt-ie, and,` line 8.0, .strike otthe words-below the shade; same page, iine 61:, after the wordoord insert `thewords and below he slaadle, and line 73, afterthe word'fordgf insert thewordsbelow the .v /lade; s ,nd that the said Letters Patent shoulduberead with these corrections therein thsitfthe saine mayr conform to therecord o f the inthe Pai-m office. y

Signed andeealed this 25th day of March, A. D., 1913.

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fsm.)

' Acting Ummm ofPama.

` and extending longitu inally of they shnde,

sheds eonsi'stng 'of trpnsverse splints `and In testimon, `whereof I mysigmtun warp eordfnl n restramlng cord attached at in presence o two t vlts'upperend to the up r end of'the shade GEORGE WALKER -andmeaxisconnectmg the restraining lcord Witnesses: and the warp cordsintermediate the ends of N. HL Fm, lthe shade.V

Corrections In Lettes lat'ent Ne. 411,053,254. i

t is hereby certified that in Letters Patent' No. 1,053,294, grantedFebruary 18, `19,13,upm-the application of George A. walker, ofoak-Park, lui'nois, fof u; improyement in Shades, errors appear inthevprinted specification tion'as` followsi Page 2, line 56, 'strike ontthewkorde and below the `shalt-ie, and,` line 8.0, .strike otthe words-below the shade; same page, iine 61:, after the wordoord insert `thewords and below he slaadle, and line 73, afterthe word'fordgf insert thewordsbelow the .v /lade; s ,nd that the said Letters Patent shoulduberead with these corrections therein thsitfthe saine mayr conform to therecord o f the inthe Pai-m office. y

Signed andeealed this 25th day of March, A. D., 1913.

' o. c. yBinmzes,

fsm.)

' Acting Ummm ofPama.

